Daniel Brothers’ Rotation
- Thread starter Pedro G
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As part of a 3 man line? No. In a jumbo package with 4 or more lineman (preferably more). Sure.
However, you very rarely see teams in such a formation where that’s practical. Even on the goal line it’s better to pull people from the box than not. An outside zone, a play that is designed to counter such personnel groupings, is not only very effective at gaining a yard or two, but fits well with other very successful goal line plays.
It is a good look to have in your bag of tricks, though, it just needs to be understood it’s a curveball. Football theory has long since defeated such a look, if the opposing coach chooses to employ better tactics. So, yeah, it’ll work against Iowa.
However, you very rarely see teams in such a formation where that’s practical. Even on the goal line it’s better to pull people from the box than not. An outside zone, a play that is designed to counter such personnel groupings, is not only very effective at gaining a yard or two, but fits well with other very successful goal line plays.
It is a good look to have in your bag of tricks, though, it just needs to be understood it’s a curveball. Football theory has long since defeated such a look, if the opposing coach chooses to employ better tactics. So, yeah, it’ll work against Iowa.
husker_fan_from_sweden
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It's been a while since we've had the beef to hold up against the point of attack when Wisconsin and Iowa are 3rd/4th and short.
MNBigRedNorth
Banned
By all means they will both be in the middle, especially when in goal line and 3rd or 4th and 1 or under. Eventually I would hope it would change a few coaches minds and not even attempt to go for it on 4th down!
Undone
All-American
And hopefully we see Chinander doing just this in 2019. BIG ERN had a good thread last season about how Chinander failed to recognize 'numbers football' in some of those specific short yardage situations that we saw.
Chin is going to have to learn from some of his mistakes from last year. And I think he will.
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BIG ERN
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I was going to sarcastically say no since Chin never seemed to go 'jumbo' last year. Hell we would stay in a base 3-4 on short yardage all the time. I remember even former Nebraska players stating how dumb that was.
HS_Coach_C
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Husker in WI
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Probably just pointing out how bad our lack of bigger defensive sets was last year. I don't think we'll see Safeties on the line this yeah unless you count Domann, or cases where they walk up to blitz. At least not against Michigan/Wisconsin types of teams.
I like the Snacks nickname, but it's not exactly original. Damon Harrison is Snacks, it's even his twitter handle.
Undone
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That's what I figured but just didn't know if there was a context I was missing.
I think Chinander is 38. That's relatively young for a defensive coordinator at a major Power 5 school trying to be dominant again. I believe he'll grow into the role and improve pretty quickly.
melscott62
All-Conference
I see them both in the backfield on 3rd and goal.
Mierin
Assistant Coach
On top of his being 38, this will only be his 4th year as a defensive coordinator. There’s still a good chance he can learn from his mistakes.
We’re not dealing with someone who has 20 years experience and still sucks.
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MNBigRedNorth
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It might also had been an issue with having the healthy horses even put in, in those situations. His numbers will be much better this year Daniels brother here, as long as guys stay healthy.
MNBigRedNorth
Banned
He was born in December of 1979, making him 39, but as your say, he is still relatively young and learning!